Car-coupling



(No Model.) M. v. KING.

OAR GOUPLING.- No. 263,916. Patented Sept. 5, 1882.

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MARTIN V. KING, OF BEDFORD, IOWA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,916, dated September '5, 1882,

Application filed J uly' 17,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARTIN V. KING, of Bedford, in the county of Taylor and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Car- Coupling, of which the following is a full, clear,

' of the car. The rod connected with the hook on the draw-head is connected with a transverse crank-shaft on the end of the car, so that this rod also can be operated from the sides of the car.

i Reference is to be had to the accompanying V drawings, forming part of this specification,

(l passing through this latch being provided with ratchet-teeth c. A transverse shaft, E, journaled on the end of the car, is provided at each end with a crank-arm, F, and a middle crank-arm, G, of this shaft E is pivoted to the rod (3, thus permitting this rod to be raised or lowered from the sides of the'car. I

loop or pocket, K, is formed on the right-hand side of the draw-head, into which pocket or loop the outer end of a hook, B, is adapted to pass. v

The operation is as follows: If the cars are to be coupled, the latch D isdisengaged from the ratchet-teeth of the rod C by pulling on the levers I, or by depressing the latch by means of the foot, and then the books 13 are lowered into the pockets, loops, or slots K of the opposite draw-heads. It the cars are to be uncoupled, the hooks B are raised by drawing the rods 0 upward either from the top or sides of the car. The loops or pockets K are made longitudinal to give the coupling the desired play.

If an yparts are broken, they can easily be replaced without requiring the car to be brought to the repair-shop.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination, with the pivoted hook B, of a ratchet-rod, (l, pivoted near the inner end of hook, the latch D in the car-roof, the transverse crankshaft E, having middle crank-arm, G, pivoted to rod 0, the crank-rods H, and the rods I, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

MARTIN V. KING.

Witnesses:

J. O. JoHNsoN, P. 0. KING. 

